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Tag Archives: novels
Alan in Exile
Last week I left you with this: “It was to be the last book I would read for three years.” And you did indeed read that correctly—for three years, the time it took me to write Spank, I did not pick up a novel by another author. I’m sure you’re asking “why?” and with good […]
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Tagged as: Accordian Crimes, Alan Daniels, Annie Proulx, authors, Autograph Man, book clubs, book list, Brick Lane, Don De Lillo, erotica, fiction, Hemingway, inspiration, literary giants, literature, Monica Ali, novels, reading, reading list, Theroux, writing, writing process, Zadie Smith
Writers do it anywhere, even on a toilet in Shanghai
The best thing about being a writer is that you can do it almost anywhere. All you need is a ballpoint pen and the back of an envelope and you are ready to go whenever inspiration strikes. You might just be recording an idea, or jotting down a snippet of dialogue. Or you might find […]
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Tagged as: Alan Daniels, book, China, dialogue, erotica, finding time to write, inspiration, literature, notebook, novels, shanghai, Spain, writer's block, writing
